What is in a dream
When it is left unfulfilled
As a boy there was but one dream
To marry the first girl that I ever loved
And may love afford only one other chance
If the first, God forbids, is not my last
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But here I am now
Lost count of all the girls I've ever loved
With fading memories the heart grows sicker
Unable to see the twinkle of the stars
Helpless to the shadows and the cold
Little remains of that buoyant boy
Just older, weaker and uglier
Wizened but not any wiser.
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